Hundreds of Millions of iPhones Can Be Hacked With a New Tool Found in the Wild

A new, highly capable iPhone exploitation framework dubbed “DarkSword” has been observed in the wild and attributed to Russian actors. DarkSword can remotely compromise iPhones running iOS 18 via drive-by web exploits (users only need to visit infected websites), enabling full device takeover at scale. Reporting suggests the toolkit is sophisticated—likely government-grade—and may have infected tens to hundreds of millions of devices or at least presents mass-impact potential. No CVEs were cited in the source, but the issue represents a critical remote code execution and persistent access risk